TY - BOOK AU - Kerchner,Charles T. TI - Learning from L.A.: institutional change in American public education SN - 9781934742037 (Library ed.) AV - LC 90 L438 2008 U1 - 370.973 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard Education Press KW - Education and state KW - California KW - Los Angeles KW - Educational change KW - Educational planning KW - Education KW - Aims and objectives KW - Educación KW - Estados Unidos KW - Cambio educacional KW - Planificación educativa KW - Fines y objetivos N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-280) and index; The progressives : founding an institution -- Withdrawing legitimacy : the first step in transformaton -- Exit and entrada : demographic change and politcal uncertainty -- Hollowing out : the demise of local control -- New ideas : stability in the face of turbulence -- LEARN : auditions of large-scale change -- LAAMP : enter Walter Annenberg -- Implementation : excitement and challenge in the schools -- Permanent crisis : a failing school district -- Charter schools : a parallel and converging universe -- Beyond crisis : structuring politics for a new institution -- Five policy levers : what we learned from L.A ER -